NHL 19 Franchise Mode Thread

[Panthaz89]

Nvm. I chose The Buffalo Sabres. I am an Oilers fan, but thought it would be fun and challenging.

Lol that's easy mode....you have the Rasmus top pairing with Eichel to build around along with Sam who for some reason seems to be close to Eichel in franchise mode value wise.

 

[Nayt B]

2018-2019 Off Season Report - Buffalo Sabres

The Season
Bob: "The Buffalo Sabres had a Cinderella Season after making four trades that heavily improved the core of the team, including a trade involving Jack Eichel and Tyler Seguin. Here they are:

Buffalo	To	Arizona
A.Nylander (74) and 2019 3rd Round	For	Dylan Strome (78)
Buffalo	To	Dallas
J. Eichel(87) and 2020 2nd Round	For	T.Seguin(90)
Buffalo	To	Toronto
J.Pomminville(82) and 2019 4th Round	For	Z.Hyman(82)
Buffalo	To	Columbus
C.Middlestat(79) and (SJS) 2019 1st Round	For	P.Dubois(83)

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All these trades were made before the start of the post season and here were the final lines:
Forwards

J. Skinner	T. Seguin	S. Reinhart
C. Sheary	P. Dubois	K. Okposo
V. Sobotka	Z. Girgensons	Z. Hyman
S. Wilson	T. Thompson	P. Berglund

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Defense

R. Dahlin	R. Ristolainen
M. Scandella	Z. Bogosion
J. McCabe	N. Beaulieu

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Goalies

C. Hutton

L. Ullmark

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This Team lead to a record of 53-25-4, and here were the playoff results, for the amazing season:

Playoffs

4-0 Flyers

4-3 Panthers

4-1 Capitals

4-2 Wild

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Even winning Lord Stanley's Cup in the process"
Team Growth
Bob: "In other news, Pierre Luc Dubois had a stellar growth season becoming a solid 86 Ovr and Rasmus Ristolainen becoming a top caliber defenseman at 88 Ovr. Sam Reinhart hat a breakout season as well, becoming an 87 Overall and becoming a major part of the franchise. Buffalo better hope their players can do well against the 1st overall draft pick, Matej Bunka, a Franchise Med player for the Detroit Red Wings."

Draft Results
Bob: "Buffalo's Draft Results are meh at best, but have potential finding a med Starter in the 6th round and
M. Kokkonen has promise... Here's the list:"

Drafted Players	Place
M. Kokkonen	26
R. Kahn	31
C. Wouters	121
K. Bergenheim	180
T. Suominen	186
L. Lereback	217

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Signings
Bob: "Buffalo offered contracts to 12 players, 8 old and 3 new players including Jeff Skinner and J. Larsson, who both denied their contracts. Rookies joining the team this year are K. Kukkomen, K. Bergenheim, and C. Wouters."

Free Agent Signings and Trades
Bob: "Buffalo offered Mark Stone $6.9M(7yrs)(UFA) and Brayden Point $6.175M(6yrs)((RFA) and both were picked up and added the team. They are also getting rid of Marco Scandella for Neal Pionk from New York. They also are getting rid of Zemus Bogosian and a 1st round pick in 2024 for prospect Kirby Dach, but retaining $1.5M of Bogosian's salary of over 5 mil. With the free cap space, they pick up Anton Stralman for $4.7 mil for three years to get some veteran defense.

 

[Nayt B]

Off Season Report 2019-2020 Season - Buffalo Sabres

The Regular Season

Bob: "Buffalo had a relatively good regular season, with Tyler Seguin being the number one player in goals, assits, and points. Pierre Luc Dubois and Sam Reinhart were amazing this season, too. The lines were stacked all season, so here is what they were:"
Forwards

S.Reinhart 90	T. Seguin 92	M. Stone 87
B. Point 86	P. Dubois 88	K. Okposo 82
D. Strome 83	T. Thompson 80	C.Sheary 81
S. Wilson 79	E. Rodrigues 79	Z. Hyman 82

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Defense

R. Dahlin 87	R. Ristolainen 90
A. Stralman 82	N. Pionk 80
J. McCabe 80	B. Ghule 80

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Goalie

U. Luukkonen 85

C. Hutton 82

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James: "These lines dominated the league, creating 55 wins, only 19 losses, and just 8 OT/SO losses. They had the most points in the league with 118 and took 1st place. Let's have a look at the playoffs."

Playoffs
Bob: "Thanks James, and Buffalo took the first series against the Sens 4-2 with little resistance. They were down 3-0 against the maple leafs, but came back to win the series, 4-3. Then they met the caps in the Conference Final, and it was a tight race but Buffalo took it 4-3. Then came the finals against the Dallas Stars, where Buffalo traded Jack Eichel to for Tyler Seguin. It was tied at 3-3 in the series, and 6-6 in game seven, going into overtime... Seguin had multiple chances to score, but ultimately it was his old partner, Jamie Benn who put it home and took the cup for Dallas."

Trade Deadline
James: "Buffalo was very inactive at the trade deadline, but here was there one trade:"

Buffalo	To	Columbus
K. Dach (74)	For	L. Foudy(78)

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Bob: "They also had a small trade in the middle of the season with Vegas:"

VGK	To	Buffalo
3rd and 4th round 2020 picks	For	L. Pilut and 7th round 2020

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Bob: "That's all for now, lets check out the Draft."

Draft Day
James: " Buffalo has just made two MAJOR trades to acquire the top two picks at this draft, most likely Med Franchise Wade McLaren and High Elite Alexis Lafreniere. Let's take a closer look at the trades:"

Buffalo	To	LA
M. Stone and 1st rnd 2021 4th rnd 2020	For	2020 1st Round (1st)
Buffalo	To	NYR
L. Foudy and 3 1st round picks and 1 2nd round pick	For	2020 1st Round (2nd)

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Bob: "Wow. One season after acquiring Mark Stone and not even a season with Foudy, still in the CHL, they're traded for two high potential prospects. What has Buffalo done?!"
James: "They made moves, Bob, bold moves. Here are Buffalo's Draft Results:"

Drafted Players	Place
W. McLaren	1
A. Lafreniere	2
S. Byfuglien	81
V. Kvasha	112
M. Jenner	154

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James: "That's a pretty good draft if i do say so myself for Buffalo. We'll be back with you in a bit after the break."

Signings
Bob: "They handed out a lot of contracts this season, including a major payday for Sam Reinhart for almost $10 mil a year and $7.275mil a year for Pierre Luc Dubois. But to do this, they had to buyout two players... those two being Kyle Okposo and... TYLER SEGUIN?! What? Why?!"
James: "I know it seams unbelievable, but here's the GM's reason why:"
"We think we have an excellent youth core, and we need cap space for free agency," says Bedard, "Tyler is a very good player but he is also expensive, and we have so much potential on our team that we just had no room for him any more."
James: "Wow. Thats huge. Also, Dylan Strome is going out on a qualified RFA. We'll have more after this break."
Free Agents
Bob: "Buffalo doesn't do much except resign Dylan Strome. They attempted to sign Jacob Spurgeon and Anthony Duclair, but they both went to different teams. That's all for Today, have fun!"

 

[Rempe73]

I can’t stand EA. I’m in the year 2024, and every time I start the draft, the game inevitably freezes. Every time. I’ve attempted to get through it at least 20-30 times, and no luck. Whether I attempt to make a trade in the draft, view a prospect’s scouting report, or go back to the main draft screen (from the prospect draft board), one of those things will eventually make the game freeze. What do I do? I have the latest version of the game as well. I would really appreciate any help. Thank you.

 

[JLFGoNicsGo11]

G.O.A.T

 

[n00bxQb]

I can’t stand EA. I’m in the year 2024, and every time I start the draft, the game inevitably freezes. Every time. I’ve attempted to get through it at least 20-30 times, and no luck. Whether I attempt to make a trade in the draft, view a prospect’s scouting report, or go back to the main draft screen (from the prospect draft board), one of those things will eventually make the game freeze. What do I do? I have the latest version of the game as well. I would really appreciate any help. Thank you.

I know I've read about people having problems with having too many draft picks/too many unsigned players. Haven't experienced it myself as I've tried to avoid accumulating draft picks/unsigned players.

Can you load a previous save (prior to the draft, preferably before the trade deadline)?

 

[n00bxQb]

G.O.A.T

I don't think I've ever seen a forward win the Masterton before. Impressive

 

[JLFGoNicsGo11]

I don't think I've ever seen a forward win the Masterton before. Impressive

Thanks man

 

[n00bxQb]

Continued from NHL 19 - Franchise Mode Thread

NHL 19 - Franchise Mode - Vancouver Canucks - 2020/2021 Season

September 16, 2020

Training camp kicks off today and the Vancouver Canucks signed 2020 6th overall draft pick Emanuel Jovanovski to a 3-year entry-level contract a few days prior after an impressive performance in the Young Stars tournament.

The Norwegian winger hopes to claim a roster spot in training camp, hopefully in the top 6. "I want to join the club and help win some hockey games," Jovanovski responded when asked what his goals were heading into training camp.

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October 3, 2020

The Vancouver Canucks have finalized their roster ahead of the deadline for the regular season with rookie Emanuel Jovanovski making the final cut, much to the delight of the Canucks fanbase, which is hungry for the rebuild to finally be complete.

The opening night lineup is expected to be:

B. Horvat	E. Pettersson	B. Boeser
S. Baertschi	B. Sutter	E. Jovanovski
L. Eriksson	S. Gagner	K. Lind
A. Roussel	M. Granlund	J. Virtanen
D. Pouliot		C. Tanev
O. Juolevi		B. Hutton
A. Edler		T. Stecher
	T. Demko
	J. Markstrom

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Jay Beagle, Adam Gaudette, and Michael Del Zotto also made the team, but not the opening lineup.

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January 1, 2021

The first half of the 2020-2021 campaign haven't gone to plan for the Vancouver Canucks, who find themselves in an all-too-familiar position near the bottom of the standings. Injuries to Bo Horvat and Brandon Sutter have left large holes to fill up front and, with Bo Horvat expected to be out until March with an upper-body injury, it isn't expected to improve any time soon. Stars Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson continue to pile up the points at a near point-per-game pace, but scoring support is few and far between behind them.

Rookie Emanuel Jovanovski finds himself 4th on the team in scoring with 18 points behind the injured Bo Horvat (24 points in 32 games) and 3rd in the rookie scoring race behind Montreal's Andrew Hicketts (32 points) and Minnesota's Peter Sprukts (29 points).

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February 25, 2021

The NHL trade deadline wrapped up yesterday afternoon with a pair of bombshells starting with the Edmonton Oilers shipping out defenseman Adam Larsson alongside Brandon Tanev and a pick to the Winnipeg Jets for their 1st and 2nd round picks in the upcoming draft. Chicago then sent winger Brandon Saad and depth forward Par Lindholm to Carolina in exchange for their 1st and 3rd round picks.

A few days prior to the deadline, the New York Rangers sent out defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk to Vegas for their 1st round pick and a couple of prospects and the New York Islanders gave up on the Josh Ho-Sang project, shipping him to Columbus alongside defenseman Adam Pelech and a 2nd round pick for Columbus' 1st and a 7th.

Date	Team 1	Team 1 Acquisitions	Team 2	Team 2 Acquisitions
2021-01-18	To BOS	A. Watson, 2022 5th	To EDM	2022 3rd
2021-01-31	To FLA	J. Brodin, 2022 4th, 2022 5th	To MIN	2021 1st
2021-02-08	To NJD	J. Martinook, R. Bortuzzo, 2022 3rd	To STL	J. Vihko, 2022 3rd, 2022 6th
2021-02-08	To NSH	A. Henry, 2022 3rd	To PIT	K. Fiala, R. Hartman, M. Martin
2021-02-11	To CHI	2022 3rd, 2021 5th	To EDM	M. Salomaki, 2022 3rd
2021-02-17	To CBJ	J. Ho-Sang, A. Pelech, 2022 2nd	To NYI	2021 1st, 2022 7th
2021-02-21	To NYR	N. Hague, B. Berkhoel, 2021 1st	To VGK	K. Shattenkirk, J. Fast
2021-02-23	To STL	2021 2nd, 2021 3rd, 2 others	To TOR	M. Kruger, 2022 2nd, 2022 3rd
2021-02-24	To EDM	2021 1st, 2021 2nd	To WPG	A. Larsson, B. Tanev, 2022 3rd
2021-02-24	To CAR	B. Saad, P. Lindholm	To CHI	2021 1st, 2021 3rd

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April 10, 2021

Despite an impressive 7-2-1 finish to the season, the Vancouver Canucks missed the playoffs yet again, finishing 23rd overall and expected to select 9th overall, pending the results of the draft lottery.

Brock Boeser led the team in scoring for the second consecutive year, tallying 29 goals and 75 points. Elias Pettersson recovered from his sophomore slump last season with a 24-goal, 67-point performance while leading the team in takeaways and +/-.

Rookie Emanuel Jovanovski finished the year with 16 goals and 47 points after a strong finish, good for 3rd in rookie scoring. Minnesota's Peter Sprukts led all rookies with 33 goals and 59 points.

Upcoming UFA and lifelong Canucks defenseman Alexander Edler has saw his minutes diminish once again, averaging only 14 minutes/game this year, down from 19.5 minutes the year before, and about 24-25 minutes for the past decade or so. Edler is expected to take some time over the next few months to decide whether he would like to return. It's uncertain if Canucks management plans to move on from the big Swede. "We have to do a post-mortem and our end-of-year interviews before we can make evaluations and comment on our plans moving forward regarding the team and any individual players," said the Canucks GM.

The Anaheim Ducks secured the Presidents' Trophy with 112 points and Alex Ovechkin will add at least another two trophies to his already extensive collection, winning the Maurice Richard and Art Ross trophies with 59 goals and 95 points this season.

Record: 36-41-5 (23rd)
Goals For: 203 (24th)
Goals Against: 241 (27th)
PP%: 17.8% (21st)
PK%: 83.5% (4th)

Player	GP	G	A	P
Boeser, Brock	82	29	46	75
Pettersson, Elias	82	22	45	67
Jovanovski, Emanuel	82	16	31	47
Baertschi, Sven	78	22	19	41
Horvat, Bo	47	14	25	39
Eriksson, Loui	82	15	21	36
Lind, Kole	69	17	17	34
Gagner, Sam	82	4	23	27
Pouliot, Derrick	77	8	17	25
Virtanen, Jake	82	9	14	23
Roussel, Antoine	80	12	10	22
Granlund, Markus	80	7	15	22
Hutton, Ben	76	2	17	19
Beagle, Jay	77	4	14	18
Tanev, Christopher	70	4	12	16
Edler, Alexander	81	3	11	14
Juolevi, Olli	81	3	10	13
Stecher, Troy	82	3	10	13
Gaudette, Adam	20	6	1	7
Sutter, Brandon	40	2	5	7
Del Zotto, Michael	25	1	3	4
Gudbranson, Erik	1	0	0	0

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Goaltender	W	L	OTL	SO	Sv%	GAA
Demko, Thatcher	21	22	4	2	0.912	2.85
Markstrom, Jacob	15	15	1	0	0.907	2.91
Nilsson, Anders	0	4	0	0	0.900	3.28

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June 3, 2021

The Boston Bruins hoisted the Stanley Cup a decade after their last championship, defeating the Anaheim Ducks in game 6. Goaltender Tuukka Rask was awarded the Conn Smythe trophy as the most valuable player of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs.

 

[Intangir]

Thought I'd give the franchise mode of NHL 19 a spin after so long without touching it throughout the yearly iterations of the game. The drafting is better but the trades are still quite rough and nonsensical.

Year four of my franchise, I had managed to carefully plan and cut together unarguably the best team of the league as far as overall goes, while staying relatively young and cheap. My team had good chemistry, toughness, poise, goaltending, size and speed galore, and, while I tried virtually all possible coaching strategy changes and changed goalies and lines around to get my team going, I still finished below .500 while simulating the games at Superstar difficulty with default sliders and settings.

That made me remember exactly why I had stopped playing franchise mode and it's good to know that after all these years the same issues keep popping up, makes for some admirable consistency.

 

[SPV]

Just made an Eric Lindros like trade in my Kansas City Monarchs franchise. Traded three players and two future draft picks for one guy.

His name is Troy Gordon, and he was rated 84 overall, medium elite. I had the 4th overall pick, and picked a guy named Jared Armsden, then traded him, my 2nd line center (84 overall), a good right wing prospect, and a 1st & 2nd round pick. I probably could have gotten him for less, but I hate to rip off the CPU. And Armsden might end up being like Forsberg, he was ranked 81 overall, medium elite as well. Just couldn't resist the guy.

 

[Cypress]

had managed to carefully plan and cut together unarguably the best team of the league as far as overall goes

Despite what you might logically assume, that is not the key to winning.

 

[Silver36]

Is fog of war on an expansion team extremely hard or about has difficult as fog of war on a team that already exists

 

[JLFGoNicsGo11]

My team starting the 2021-2022 season

 

[n00bxQb]

Continued from NHL 19 - Franchise Mode Thread

NHL 19 - Franchise Mode - Vancouver Canucks - 2021 Offseason

June 20, 2021

Alex Ovechkin will fly home from Las Vegas with another 3 trophies to add to his extensive collection after winning the Art Ross, Hart Memorial, and Maurice Richard trophies last night at the annual NHL Awards. The 35-year-old superstar tallied 59 goals and 95 points, the 9th 50-goal season of his illustrious career, and the Great 8 is still hoping to catch The Great One's goal scoring record, needing just 130 more goals. Ovechkin is pending UFA and still in contract discussions with the Washington Capitals, with whom he has spent his entire NHL career.

Longtime nemesis Sidney Crosby also added a trophy to his collection, winning the Frank J. Selked trophy as the league's top defensive forward.

Vancouver Canucks forward, Brock Boeser, narrowly edged Ovechkin for the Ted Lindsay award which is awarded to the league's most valuable player as voted on by the NHLPA. Boeser scored 29 goals and 75 points on a Canucks team that suffered from key injuries and a lack of scoring depth.

Award	Winner
Stanley Cup	Boston Bruins
Presidents' Trophy	Anaheim Ducks (112)
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl	Anaheim Ducks
Prince of Wales Trophy	Boston Bruins
Art Ross Trophy	Ovechkin, Alex (WSH, 95)
Hart Memorial Trophy	Ovechkin, Alex (WSH)
James Norris Memorial Trophy	Ekman-Larsson, Oliver (ARI)
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy	MacKinnon, Nathan (COL)
Calder Memorial Trophy	Sprukts, Peter (MIN)
Conn Smythe Trophy	Rask, Tuukka (BOS)
Vezina Trophy	Bishop, Ben (DAL)
William M. Jennings Trophy	Bishop, Ben (DAL, 166)
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy	Dillon, Brenden (CHI)
Frank J. Selke Trophy	Crosby, Sidney (PIT)
Ted Lindsay Award	Boeser, Brock (VAN)
Maurice Richard Trophy	Ovechkin, Alex (WSH, 59)

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The Minnesota Wild won the draft lottery and will select 1st overall. The New Jersey Devils and the New York Islanders won the second and third overall selections in the lottery. The Vancouver Canucks will drop 1 spot as a result of the draft lottery results and select 10th overall.

NHL Central Scouting released their final rankings with Slovakian centre Ladislav Zednik expected to be the first name on the draft board. Zednik currently plays for HC Sparta Praha of Extraliga in the Czech Republic where he is a top player in the league and is expected to play in the NHL next season. Minnesota drafted fellow countryman and Calder Memorial trophy winner, Peter Sprukts, 4th overall in last year's NHL entry draft.

CS Final Rank	Player	Position	Team (League)
1	Zednik, Ladislav	C	Sparta (Extraliga)
2	Lindstrom, Liam	C	Lulea (SHL)
3	Turris, Sheldon	C	USA Central
4	Stalberg, Ludvig	C	Djurgarden (SHL)
5	Chayka, Daniil	D	Guelph (OHL)
6	Nagy, Miroslav	D	Sparta (Extraliga)
7	Germyn, Dustin	RW	SCL (NLA)
8	Palin, Victor	RW	USA West
9	Geoffrion, Stephane	D	Quebec (QMJHL)
10	Henley, Jeff	RW	Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
11	Amadio, Ross	D	USA East
12	Cajanek, Roman	C	Mlada Boleslav (Extraliga)
13	Crnkovic, Kyle	LW	Saskatoon (WHL)
14	Setzinger, Luis	D	Bremerhaven (DEL)
15	Paajarvi, Par	RW	Skelleftea (SHL)
16	Baldwin, Jesus	RW	Mississauga (OHL)
17	Love, Caiden	C	London (OHL)
18	Hentunen, Jussi	D	Tappara (Liiga)
19	Winther, Danny	C	USA Central
20	Ulanov, Sergej	LW	Russia
21	Valette, Drew	LW	TPS (Liiga)
22	Rolston, Delcan	D	HPK (Liiga)
23	Schroeder, Rod	RW	Assat (Liiga)
24	Moroza, Alexander	LW	Russia
25	Alberts, Patrick	D	USA Central
26	Hirvonen, Matti	D	Lukko (Liiga)
27	Saprykin, Ilya	D	Russia
28	Kerman, Kari	D	Saipa (Liiga)
29	Jarvinen, Tuomo	LW	Jukurit (Liiga)
30	Versi, Landon	D	USA West
31	Pollock, Skyler	RW	USA West

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June 22, 2021

"Jumbo" Joe Thornton headlines the list of NHL players who won't be returning next season as retirements were announced. Thornton was drafted 1st overall by the Boston Bruins in 1997 and was traded to San Jose during the '05-'06 season, a year in which he won the Art Ross and Hart Memorial trophies. Thornton scored 1582 points over nearly a quarter of a century, the last 15 years of which were spent with the San Jose Sharks.

Player	GP	G	A	P
Thornton, Joe	1730	439	1143	1582
Cullen, Matt	1445	259	452	711
Pominville, Jason	1225	313	463	776
Hamhuis, Dan	1209	61	311	372
Hainsey, Ron	1192	58	240	298
Phaneuf, Dion	1145	142	375	517
Spezza, Jason	1113	347	608	955
Koivu, Mikko	1088	219	522	741
Kronwall, Niklas	1053	90	345	435
Filppula, Valtteri	1052	190	336	526
Zajac, Travis	1004	197	346	543
Dubinsky, Brandon	1004	173	310	483
Backes, David	997	252	317	569
Seidenberg, Dennis	941	45	214	259
Brouwer, Troy	921	189	186	375
Stempniak, Lee	909	203	266	469
Richardson, Brad	874	95	155	250
Greene, Andy	873	46	177	223
Eaves, Patrick	863	162	172	334
Gorges, Josh	783	17	107	124
Ericsson, Jonathan	727	27	101	128
Methot, Marc	707	24	107	131
MacKenzie, Derek	680	61	84	145
Helm, Darren	650	99	128	227
Goc, Marcel	636	75	113	188
Thompson, Nate	619	53	75	128
MacDonald, Andrew	572	28	130	158
Lovejoy, Ben	546	18	78	96
Bellemare, Pierre-Edouard	414	40	41	81
Picard, Alexandre	253	19	50	69
Fraser, Mark	219	4	18	22
Ellerby, Keaton	212	4	23	27

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Goaltender	GP	W	SO	Sv%	GAA
Gustavsson, Jonas	198	83	9	90.3%	2.82
Montoya, Al	168	67	7	90.8%	2.65

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June 24, 2021

The Minnesota Wild selected centre Ladislav Zednik with the first overall pick and hope the young Slovakian will be as successful as last year's rookie of the year, Peter Sprukts. Zednik scored 11 goals and 20 points in 45 games in Extraliga with HC Sparta Praha, a pro league in the Czech Republic.

The Vancouver Canucks drafted Canadian winger Jeff Henley from the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. Henley scored 23 goals and 57 points this past season in the OHL.

The Edmonton Oilers and the New York Rangers each made 3 selections in the first round as they both hope to jump start their rebuilds.

Selection	Team	Player	Position	Team (League)
1	Minnesota	Zednik, Ladislav	C	Sparta (Extraliga)
2	New Jersey	Lindstrom, Liam	C	Lulea (SHL)
3	NY Islanders	Turris, Sheldon	C	USA Central
4	Ottawa	Chayka, Daniil	D	Guelph (OHL)
5	Nashville	Nagy, Miroslav	D	Sparta (Extraliga)
6	Calgary	Stalberg, Ludvig	C	Djurgarden (SHL)
7	NY Rangers	Germyn, Dustin	RW	SCL (NLA)
8	Montreal	Palin, Victor	RW	USA West
9	Edmonton	Geoffrion, Stephane	D	Quebec (QMJHL)
10	Vancouver	Henley, Jeff	RW	Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
11	Chicago	Cajanek, Roman	C	Mlada Boleslav (Extraliga)
12	Minnesota (via FLA)	Amadio, Ross	D	USA East
13	NY Islanders (via CBJ)	Crnkovic, Kyle	LW	Saskatoon (WHL)
14	Colorado	Setzinger, Luis	D	Bremerhaven (DEL)
15	Pittsburgh	Paajarvi, Par	RW	Skelleftea (SHL)
16	Toronto	Baldwin, Jesus	RW	Mississauga (OHL)
17	Winnipeg (via DET)	Love, Caiden	C	London (OHL)
18	St. Louis	Winther, Danny	C	USA Central
19	Washington	Valette, Drew	LW	TPS (Liiga)
20	Philadelphia	Ulanov, Sergej	LW	Russia
21	Los Angeles	Hentunen, Jussi	D	Tappara (Liiga)
22	Arizona	Rolston, Delcan	D	HPK (Liiga)
23	NY Rangers (via VGK)	Schroeder, Rod	RW	Assat (Liiga)
24	San Jose	Moroza, Alexander	LW	Russia
25	Tampa Bay	Alberts, Patrick	D	USA Central
26	NY Rangers (via DAL)	Hirvonen, Matti	D	Lukko (Liiga)
27	Chicago (via CAR)	Saprykin, Ilya	D	Russia
28	Buffalo	Kerman, Kari	D	Saipa (Liiga)
29	Edmonton (via WPG)	Jarvinen, Tuomo	LW	Jukurit (Liiga)
30	Anaheim	Versi, Landon	D	USA West
31	Edmonton (via BOS)	Pollock, Skyler	RW	USA West

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The Canucks selected Nelson Millen with their 2nd round pick. The 6'5" Canadian defenseman plays for the Hamilton Bulldogs of the OHL where he scored 8 goals and 22 points in 63 games.

Pick	Player	Position	Team (League)
10	Henley, Jeff	RW	Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
40	Millen, Nelson	D	Hamilton (OHL)
71	Lundin, Saul	C	USA Central
102	Lindback, Liam	G	Orebro (SHL)
133	Gannon, Carter	C	USA East
164	Shelley, Jack	LW	Timra (SHL)
195	Davies, Branden	D	Orebro (SHL)

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The draft was uneventful on the trade front with just a single trade to speak of.

Date	Team 1	Team 1 Acquisitions	Team 2	Team 2 Acquisitions
2021-06-23	To LAK	2021 6th (159)	To NYI	2021 6th (176), 2021 7th (207)

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June 30, 2021

Elias Pettersson became the highest paid player on the roster with a new 6-year, $52.65M contract awarded to the 22-year-old centre. Pettersson won the Calder Memorial trophy in '18-'19 and bounced back this season after a sophomore slump, leading the Canucks' offense along with Brock Boeser.

The team parted ways with a number of veterans including Michael Del Zotto, Erik Gudbranson, Alex Biega, Richard Bachman, and Reid Boucher, most of whom spent the past season in Utica.

Player	AAV	Years	Total Contract
Pettersson, Elias	$8.775M	6 years	$52.650M
Baertschi, Sven	$3.800M	3 years	$11.400M
Juolevi, Olli	$3.050M	3 years	$9.150M
Hutton, Ben	$2.400M	3 years	$7.200M
Sutter, Brandon	$2.000M	2 years	$4.000M
Goldobin, Nikolay	$1.800M	2 years	$3.600M
Lind, Kole	$1.575M	2 years	$3.150M
Bellamy, Jaxon	$0.850M	3 years	$2.550M
Likhachev, Iaroslav	$0.850M	3 years	$2.550M
Soderstrom, Victor	$0.850M	3 years	$2.550M
Goldobin, Dimitri	$0.800M	3 years	$2.400M
Goddard, Mauricio	$0.750M	3 years	$2.250M
Gogolev, Pavel	$0.750M	3 years	$2.250M
Starikov, Lev	$0.750M	3 years	$2.250M
Vorobev, Yuri	$0.750M	3 years	$2.250M
Edler, Alexander	$2.000M	1 years	$2.000M
Gaunce, Brendan	$1.325M	1 years	$1.325M
Schaller, Tim	$1.150M	1 years	$1.150M
Virtanen, Jake	$1.150M	1 years	$1.150M
Gaudette, Adam	$1.000M	1 years	$1.000M
Nilsson, Anders	$0.975M	1 years	$0.975M
Leivo, Josh	$0.875M	1 years	$0.875M
Granlund, Markus	$0.825M	1 years	$0.825M
Dahlen, Jonathan	$0.775M	1 years	$0.775M
Archibald, Darren	$0.750M	1 years	$0.750M
Brisebois, Guillaume	$0.750M	1 years	$0.750M
Eliot, Mitch	$0.750M	1 years	$0.750M
Gadjovich, Jonah	$0.750M	1 years	$0.750M
Jasek, Lukas	$0.750M	1 years	$0.750M
Laplante, Yan-Pavel	$0.750M	1 years	$0.750M
MacEwen, Zack	$0.750M	1 years	$0.750M
Motte, Tyler	$0.750M	1 years	$0.750M
Palmu, Petrus	$0.750M	1 years	$0.750M

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July 2, 2021

The reigning NHL Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins announced yesterday that they signed reigning league MVP and scoring champion Alex Ovechkin. This could be the beginning of a dynasty for Boston, who already has one of the best top lines in the league with the '19-'20 Art Ross winner Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand, and David Pastrnak. It's uncertain as of now where Ovechkin will fit in the lineup.

Boston didn't stop there, adding defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic from the San Jose Sharks to the blue line in exchange for a couple of prospects and a 2nd round draft pick. Shortly after the trade, San Jose announced that they signed UFA defenseman Dougie Hamilton to a 5-year contract.

The Washington Capitals chose to extend up-and-coming star Eeli Tolvanen to a 5-year, $45M contract which didn't leave any cap space to re-sign their captain.

Goaltender Frederik Andersen scored the largest contract of the day, signing a 7-year, $44.8M contract with the New York Islanders. Andersen won the Conn Smythe trophy in 2020, helping the Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup.

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August 31, 2021

Tomorrow marks the end of August and teams will soon start preparing for the upcoming season with training camp starting in 2 weeks.

Boston, the reigning champs, made some big moves in the offseason to reload for hopefully another long playoff run, adding arguably the best scorer of all-time, a highly-regarded defender, and some veteran depth to their lineup.

Player	Team	AAV	Years	Total Contract
Andersen, Frederik	NYI	$6.400M	7 years	$44.800M
Teravainen, Teuvo	OTT	$7.190M	6 years	$43.140M
Hamilton, Dougie	SJS	$5.380M	6 years	$32.280M
Saad, Brandon	NSH	$4.960M	5 years	$24.800M
Savard, David	COL	$4.250M	5 years	$21.250M
Brodin, Jonas	EDM	$5.115M	4 years	$20.460M
Ovechkin, Alex	BOS	$8.255M	2 years	$16.510M
Pysyk, Mark	CBJ	$3.200M	3 years	$9.600M
Cole, Ian	SJS	$2.725M	3 years	$8.175M
Raanta, Antti	TOR	$7.300M	1 years	$7.300M
Rutta, Jan	NJD	$1.895M	3 years	$5.685M
Foligno, Nick	CBJ	$2.645M	2 years	$5.290M
Anisimov, Artem	MTL	$1.615M	3 years	$4.845M
Hyman, Zach	DAL	$2.370M	2 years	$4.740M
Ouellet, Xavier	ARI	$1.555M	3 years	$4.665M
Sbisa, Luca	MTL	$2.260M	2 years	$4.520M
Oleksiak, Jamie	NJD	$2.195M	2 years	$4.390M
Niskanen, Matt	CAR	$2.100M	2 years	$4.200M
Sheahan, Riley	COL	$2.100M	2 years	$4.200M
Sulak, Libor	CBJ	$2.030M	2 years	$4.060M
Eakin, Cody	LAK	$2.025M	2 years	$4.050M
Stephenson, Chandler	SJS	$1.975M	2 years	$3.950M
Khudobin, Anton	SJS	$1.835M	2 years	$3.670M
Pitlick, Tyler	MIN	$1.765M	2 years	$3.530M
Hutton, Carter	MTL	$1.755M	2 years	$3.510M
Miller, Ryan	DET	$1.755M	2 years	$3.510M
Kuemper, Darcy	ANA	$1.750M	2 years	$3.500M
Del Zotto, Michael	ARI	$1.140M	3 years	$3.420M
Mrazek, Petr	ANA	$1.680M	2 years	$3.360M
Aston-Reese, Zach	CHI	$1.665M	2 years	$3.330M
Pageau, Jean-Gabriel	COL	$1.555M	2 years	$3.110M
Ward, Cam	OTT	$1.540M	2 years	$3.080M
Foligno, Marcus	ANA	$1.490M	2 years	$2.980M
Staal, Eric	CBJ	$2.900M	1 years	$2.900M
Kruger, Marcus	NJD	$1.390M	2 years	$2.780M
Marleau, Patrick	ANA	$2.625M	1 years	$2.625M
Hagelin, Carl	MTL	$1.310M	2 years	$2.620M
Williams, Justin	TOR	$2.470M	1 years	$2.470M
Pouliot, Benoit	ANA	$1.205M	2 years	$2.410M
Ullmark, Linus	CHI	$1.200M	2 years	$2.400M
Olund, Linus	PIT	$1.180M	2 years	$2.360M
DeSmith, Casey	WSH	$1.100M	2 years	$2.200M
Talbot, Cam	SJS	$2.155M	1 years	$2.155M
Korpisalo, Joonas	ARI	$2.085M	1 years	$2.085M
Lowry, Adam	NYI	$2.030M	1 years	$2.030M
Nelson, Brock	PHI	$1.995M	1 years	$1.995M
Wilson, Colin	MTL	$0.995M	2 years	$1.990M
Andrighetto, Sven	WSH	$0.975M	2 years	$1.950M
Barberio, Mark	SJS	$0.965M	2 years	$1.930M
Kinkaid, Keith	EDM	$1.925M	1 years	$1.925M
Reimer, James	MIN	$1.915M	1 years	$1.915M
Nash, Riley	BUF	$1.910M	1 years	$1.910M
Maroon, Patrick	CHI	$1.880M	1 years	$1.880M
Bozak, Tyler	CHI	$1.860M	1 years	$1.860M
Coleman, Blake	WPG	$1.810M	1 years	$1.810M
Donskoi, Joonas	NYI	$1.740M	1 years	$1.740M
Bernier, Jonathan	DET	$1.695M	1 years	$1.695M
Jaskin, Dmitrij	PHI	$1.690M	1 years	$1.690M
Anderson, Craig	BUF	$1.655M	1 years	$1.655M
Vatrano, Frank	CHI	$1.615M	1 years	$1.615M
Darling, Scott	ANA	$1.600M	1 years	$1.600M
Laughton, Scott	COL	$1.555M	1 years	$1.555M
Grabner, Michael	NJD	$1.530M	1 years	$1.530M
Campbell, Jack	NYR	$1.525M	1 years	$1.525M
Dubnyk, Devan	EDM	$1.515M	1 years	$1.515M
Ritchie, Brett	MTL	$1.515M	1 years	$1.515M
Johnson, Chad	TOR	$1.465M	1 years	$1.465M
Greiss, Thomas	MIN	$1.415M	1 years	$1.415M
Manning, Brandon	NSH	$1.400M	1 years	$1.400M
Elie, Remi	BUF	$1.385M	1 years	$1.385M
Condon, Mike	TOR	$1.360M	1 years	$1.360M
Kassian, Zack	NYI	$1.325M	1 years	$1.325M
Cogliano, Andrew	PHI	$1.300M	1 years	$1.300M
Smith-Pelly, Devante	NJD	$1.300M	1 years	$1.300M
Larsson, Johan	CAR	$1.260M	1 years	$1.260M
Lewis, Trevor	MIN	$1.220M	1 years	$1.220M
Johns, Stephen	FLA	$1.200M	1 years	$1.200M
Chiarot, Ben	NSH	$1.160M	1 years	$1.160M
Sceviour, Colton	PIT	$1.155M	1 years	$1.155M
Girgensons, Zemgus	PHI	$1.135M	1 years	$1.135M
Clifford, Kyle	CGY	$1.125M	1 years	$1.125M
Hayes, Jimmy	NSH	$1.125M	1 years	$1.125M
Nosek, Tomas	PHI	$1.125M	1 years	$1.125M
Grant, Derek	NSH	$1.100M	1 years	$1.100M
Kerdiles, Nic	CAR	$1.100M	1 years	$1.100M
Kuhnhackl, Tom	ARI	$1.100M	1 years	$1.100M
Elliott, Brian	BUF	$1.080M	1 years	$1.080M
Gibbons, Brian	BOS	$1.070M	1 years	$1.070M
Paquette, Cedric	NJD	$1.055M	1 years	$1.055M
Irwin, Matt	FLA	$1.025M	1 years	$1.025M
Ryan, Derek	DAL	$1.020M	1 years	$1.020M
Sobotka, Vladimir	BUF	$0.995M	1 years	$0.995M
Martinook, Jordan	CAR	$0.990M	1 years	$0.990M
Morrow, Joe	STL	$0.980M	1 years	$0.980M
Lyubushkin, Ilya	FLA	$0.975M	1 years	$0.975M
Hartman, Ryan	NYI	$0.965M	1 years	$0.965M

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Date	Team 1	Team 1 Acquisitions	Team 2	Team 2 Acquisitions
2021-07-01	To BOS	M. Vlasic	To SJS	N. Okhotyuk, K. Osala, 2022 2nd
2021-07-06	To CHI	R. Lavoie, V. Abramov, 2022 2nd	To CBJ	M. Zuccarello, T. Bozak
2021-07-14	To CGY	J. Bouwmeester, 2022 4th, 2022 5th	To STL	2022 2nd
2021-07-16	To BOS	R. Strome, R. Bortuzzo, 2022 4th	To NJD	G. Brodie, 2022 4th
2021-07-26	To PHI	N. Anisimov, K. Simontaival, 2022 2nd	To WSH	W. Simmonds, M. Stone
2021-08-13	To PHI	L. Stanley, 2022 2nd	To WPG	A. Cogliano, 2022 2nd, 2022 2nd

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NHL 19 - Franchise Mode - Vancouver Canucks - 2021 Offseason

June 20, 2021

Alex Ovechkin will fly home from Las Vegas with another 3 trophies to add to his extensive collection after winning the Art Ross, Hart Memorial, and Maurice Richard trophies last night at the annual NHL Awards. The 35-year-old superstar tallied 59 goals and 95 points, the 9th 50-goal season of his illustrious career, and the Great 8 is still hoping to catch The Great One's goal scoring record, needing just 130 more goals. Ovechkin is pending UFA and still in contract discussions with the Washington Capitals, with whom he has spent his entire NHL career.

Longtime nemesis Sidney Crosby also added a trophy to his collection, winning the Frank J. Selked trophy as the league's top defensive forward.

Vancouver Canucks forward, Brock Boeser, narrowly edged Ovechkin for the Ted Lindsay award which is awarded to the league's most valuable player as voted on by the NHLPA. Boeser scored 29 goals and 75 points on a Canucks team that suffered from key injuries and a lack of scoring depth.

Award	Winner
Stanley Cup	Boston Bruins
Presidents' Trophy	Anaheim Ducks (112)
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl	Anaheim Ducks
Prince of Wales Trophy	Boston Bruins
Art Ross Trophy	Ovechkin, Alex (WSH, 95)
Hart Memorial Trophy	Ovechkin, Alex (WSH)
James Norris Memorial Trophy	Ekman-Larsson, Oliver (ARI)
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy	MacKinnon, Nathan (COL)
Calder Memorial Trophy	Sprukts, Peter (MIN)
Conn Smythe Trophy	Rask, Tuukka (BOS)
Vezina Trophy	Bishop, Ben (DAL)
William M. Jennings Trophy	Bishop, Ben (DAL, 166)
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy	Dillon, Brenden (CHI)
Frank J. Selke Trophy	Crosby, Sidney (PIT)
Ted Lindsay Award	Boeser, Brock (VAN)
Maurice Richard Trophy	Ovechkin, Alex (WSH, 59)

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The Minnesota Wild won the draft lottery and will select 1st overall. The New Jersey Devils and the New York Islanders won the second and third overall selections in the lottery. The Vancouver Canucks will drop 1 spot as a result of the draft lottery results and select 10th overall.

NHL Central Scouting released their final rankings with Slovakian centre Ladislav Zednik expected to be the first name on the draft board. Zednik currently plays for HC Sparta Praha of Extraliga in the Czech Republic where he is a top player in the league and is expected to play in the NHL next season. Minnesota drafted fellow countryman and Calder Memorial trophy winner, Peter Sprukts, 4th overall in last year's NHL entry draft.

CS Final Rank	Player	Position	Team (League)
1	Zednik, Ladislav	C	Sparta (Extraliga)
2	Lindstrom, Liam	C	Lulea (SHL)
3	Turris, Sheldon	C	USA Central
4	Stalberg, Ludvig	C	Djurgarden (SHL)
5	Chayka, Daniil	D	Guelph (OHL)
6	Nagy, Miroslav	D	Sparta (Extraliga)
7	Germyn, Dustin	RW	SCL (NLA)
8	Palin, Victor	RW	USA West
9	Geoffrion, Stephane	D	Quebec (QMJHL)
10	Henley, Jeff	RW	Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
11	Amadio, Ross	D	USA East
12	Cajanek, Roman	C	Mlada Boleslav (Extraliga)
13	Crnkovic, Kyle	LW	Saskatoon (WHL)
14	Setzinger, Luis	D	Bremerhaven (DEL)
15	Paajarvi, Par	RW	Skelleftea (SHL)
16	Baldwin, Jesus	RW	Mississauga (OHL)
17	Love, Caiden	C	London (OHL)
18	Hentunen, Jussi	D	Tappara (Liiga)
19	Winther, Danny	C	USA Central
20	Ulanov, Sergej	LW	Russia
21	Valette, Drew	LW	TPS (Liiga)
22	Rolston, Delcan	D	HPK (Liiga)
23	Schroeder, Rod	RW	Assat (Liiga)
24	Moroza, Alexander	LW	Russia
25	Alberts, Patrick	D	USA Central
26	Hirvonen, Matti	D	Lukko (Liiga)
27	Saprykin, Ilya	D	Russia
28	Kerman, Kari	D	Saipa (Liiga)
29	Jarvinen, Tuomo	LW	Jukurit (Liiga)
30	Versi, Landon	D	USA West
31	Pollock, Skyler	RW	USA West

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June 22, 2021

"Jumbo" Joe Thornton headlines the list of NHL players who won't be returning next season as retirements were announced. Thornton was drafted 1st overall by the Boston Bruins in 1997 and was traded to San Jose during the '05-'06 season, a year in which he won the Art Ross and Hart Memorial trophies. Thornton scored 1582 points over nearly a quarter of a century, the last 15 years of which were spent with the San Jose Sharks.

Player	GP	G	A	P
Thornton, Joe	1730	439	1143	1582
Cullen, Matt	1445	259	452	711
Pominville, Jason	1225	313	463	776
Hamhuis, Dan	1209	61	311	372
Hainsey, Ron	1192	58	240	298
Phaneuf, Dion	1145	142	375	517
Spezza, Jason	1113	347	608	955
Koivu, Mikko	1088	219	522	741
Kronwall, Niklas	1053	90	345	435
Filppula, Valtteri	1052	190	336	526
Zajac, Travis	1004	197	346	543
Dubinsky, Brandon	1004	173	310	483
Backes, David	997	252	317	569
Seidenberg, Dennis	941	45	214	259
Brouwer, Troy	921	189	186	375
Stempniak, Lee	909	203	266	469
Richardson, Brad	874	95	155	250
Greene, Andy	873	46	177	223
Eaves, Patrick	863	162	172	334
Gorges, Josh	783	17	107	124
Ericsson, Jonathan	727	27	101	128
Methot, Marc	707	24	107	131
MacKenzie, Derek	680	61	84	145
Helm, Darren	650	99	128	227
Goc, Marcel	636	75	113	188
Thompson, Nate	619	53	75	128
MacDonald, Andrew	572	28	130	158
Lovejoy, Ben	546	18	78	96
Bellemare, Pierre-Edouard	414	40	41	81
Picard, Alexandre	253	19	50	69
Fraser, Mark	219	4	18	22
Ellerby, Keaton	212	4	23	27

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Goaltender	GP	W	SO	Sv%	GAA
Gustavsson, Jonas	198	83	9	90.3%	2.82
Montoya, Al	168	67	7	90.8%	2.65

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June 24, 2021

The Minnesota Wild selected centre Ladislav Zednik with the first overall pick and hope the young Slovakian will be as successful as last year's rookie of the year, Peter Sprukts. Zednik scored 11 goals and 20 points in 45 games in Extraliga with HC Sparta Praha, a pro league in the Czech Republic.

The Vancouver Canucks drafted Canadian winger Jeff Henley from the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. Henley scored 23 goals and 57 points this past season in the OHL.

The Edmonton Oilers and the New York Rangers each made 3 selections in the first round as they both hope to jump start their rebuilds.

Selection	Team	Player	Position	Team (League)
1	Minnesota	Zednik, Ladislav	C	Sparta (Extraliga)
2	New Jersey	Lindstrom, Liam	C	Lulea (SHL)
3	NY Islanders	Turris, Sheldon	C	USA Central
4	Ottawa	Chayka, Daniil	D	Guelph (OHL)
5	Nashville	Nagy, Miroslav	D	Sparta (Extraliga)
6	Calgary	Stalberg, Ludvig	C	Djurgarden (SHL)
7	NY Rangers	Germyn, Dustin	RW	SCL (NLA)
8	Montreal	Palin, Victor	RW	USA West
9	Edmonton	Geoffrion, Stephane	D	Quebec (QMJHL)
10	Vancouver	Henley, Jeff	RW	Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
11	Chicago	Cajanek, Roman	C	Mlada Boleslav (Extraliga)
12	Minnesota (via FLA)	Amadio, Ross	D	USA East
13	NY Islanders (via CBJ)	Crnkovic, Kyle	LW	Saskatoon (WHL)
14	Colorado	Setzinger, Luis	D	Bremerhaven (DEL)
15	Pittsburgh	Paajarvi, Par	RW	Skelleftea (SHL)
16	Toronto	Baldwin, Jesus	RW	Mississauga (OHL)
17	Winnipeg (via DET)	Love, Caiden	C	London (OHL)
18	St. Louis	Winther, Danny	C	USA Central
19	Washington	Valette, Drew	LW	TPS (Liiga)
20	Philadelphia	Ulanov, Sergej	LW	Russia
21	Los Angeles	Hentunen, Jussi	D	Tappara (Liiga)
22	Arizona	Rolston, Delcan	D	HPK (Liiga)
23	NY Rangers (via VGK)	Schroeder, Rod	RW	Assat (Liiga)
24	San Jose	Moroza, Alexander	LW	Russia
25	Tampa Bay	Alberts, Patrick	D	USA Central
26	NY Rangers (via DAL)	Hirvonen, Matti	D	Lukko (Liiga)
27	Chicago (via CAR)	Saprykin, Ilya	D	Russia
28	Buffalo	Kerman, Kari	D	Saipa (Liiga)
29	Edmonton (via WPG)	Jarvinen, Tuomo	LW	Jukurit (Liiga)
30	Anaheim	Versi, Landon	D	USA West
31	Edmonton (via BOS)	Pollock, Skyler	RW	USA West

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The Canucks selected Nelson Millen with their 2nd round pick. The 6'5" Canadian defenseman plays for the Hamilton Bulldogs of the OHL where he scored 8 goals and 22 points in 63 games.

Pick	Player	Position	Team (League)
10	Henley, Jeff	RW	Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
40	Millen, Nelson	D	Hamilton (OHL)
71	Lundin, Saul	C	USA Central
102	Lindback, Liam	G	Orebro (SHL)
133	Gannon, Carter	C	USA East
164	Shelley, Jack	LW	Timra (SHL)
195	Davies, Branden	D	Orebro (SHL)

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The draft was uneventful on the trade front with just a single trade to speak of.

Date	Team 1	Team 1 Acquisitions	Team 2	Team 2 Acquisitions
2021-06-23	To LAK	2021 6th (159)	To NYI	2021 6th (176), 2021 7th (207)

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June 30, 2021

Elias Pettersson became the highest paid player on the roster with a new 6-year, $52.65M contract awarded to the 22-year-old centre. Pettersson won the Calder Memorial trophy in '18-'19 and bounced back this season after a sophomore slump, leading the Canucks' offense along with Brock Boeser.

The team parted ways with a number of veterans including Michael Del Zotto, Erik Gudbranson, Alex Biega, Richard Bachman, and Reid Boucher, most of whom spent the past season in Utica.

Player	AAV	Years	Total Contract
Pettersson, Elias	$8.775M	6 years	$52.650M
Baertschi, Sven	$3.800M	3 years	$11.400M
Juolevi, Olli	$3.050M	3 years	$9.150M
Hutton, Ben	$2.400M	3 years	$7.200M
Sutter, Brandon	$2.000M	2 years	$4.000M
Goldobin, Nikolay	$1.800M	2 years	$3.600M
Lind, Kole	$1.575M	2 years	$3.150M
Bellamy, Jaxon	$0.850M	3 years	$2.550M
Likhachev, Iaroslav	$0.850M	3 years	$2.550M
Soderstrom, Victor	$0.850M	3 years	$2.550M
Goldobin, Dimitri	$0.800M	3 years	$2.400M
Goddard, Mauricio	$0.750M	3 years	$2.250M
Gogolev, Pavel	$0.750M	3 years	$2.250M
Starikov, Lev	$0.750M	3 years	$2.250M
Vorobev, Yuri	$0.750M	3 years	$2.250M
Edler, Alexander	$2.000M	1 years	$2.000M
Gaunce, Brendan	$1.325M	1 years	$1.325M
Schaller, Tim	$1.150M	1 years	$1.150M
Virtanen, Jake	$1.150M	1 years	$1.150M
Gaudette, Adam	$1.000M	1 years	$1.000M
Nilsson, Anders	$0.975M	1 years	$0.975M
Leivo, Josh	$0.875M	1 years	$0.875M
Granlund, Markus	$0.825M	1 years	$0.825M
Dahlen, Jonathan	$0.775M	1 years	$0.775M
Archibald, Darren	$0.750M	1 years	$0.750M
Brisebois, Guillaume	$0.750M	1 years	$0.750M
Eliot, Mitch	$0.750M	1 years	$0.750M
Gadjovich, Jonah	$0.750M	1 years	$0.750M
Jasek, Lukas	$0.750M	1 years	$0.750M
Laplante, Yan-Pavel	$0.750M	1 years	$0.750M
MacEwen, Zack	$0.750M	1 years	$0.750M
Motte, Tyler	$0.750M	1 years	$0.750M
Palmu, Petrus	$0.750M	1 years	$0.750M

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July 2, 2021

The reigning NHL Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins announced yesterday that they signed reigning league MVP and scoring champion Alex Ovechkin. This could be the beginning of a dynasty for Boston, who already has one of the best top lines in the league with the '19-'20 Art Ross winner Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand, and David Pastrnak. It's uncertain as of now where Ovechkin will fit in the lineup.

Boston didn't stop there, adding defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic from the San Jose Sharks to the blue line in exchange for a couple of prospects and a 2nd round draft pick. Shortly after the trade, San Jose announced that they signed UFA defenseman Dougie Hamilton to a 5-year contract.

The Washington Capitals chose to extend up-and-coming star Eeli Tolvanen to a 5-year, $45M contract which didn't leave any cap space to re-sign their captain.

Goaltender Frederik Andersen scored the largest contract of the day, signing a 7-year, $44.8M contract with the New York Islanders. Andersen won the Conn Smythe trophy in 2020, helping the Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup.

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August 31, 2021

Tomorrow marks the end of August and teams will soon start preparing for the upcoming season with training camp starting in 2 weeks.

Boston, the reigning champs, made some big moves in the offseason to reload for hopefully another long playoff run, adding arguably the best scorer of all-time, a highly-regarded defender, and some veteran depth to their lineup.

Player	Team	AAV	Years	Total Contract
Andersen, Frederik	NYI	$6.400M	7 years	$44.800M
Teravainen, Teuvo	OTT	$7.190M	6 years	$43.140M
Hamilton, Dougie	SJS	$5.380M	6 years	$32.280M
Saad, Brandon	NSH	$4.960M	5 years	$24.800M
Savard, David	COL	$4.250M	5 years	$21.250M
Brodin, Jonas	EDM	$5.115M	4 years	$20.460M
Ovechkin, Alex	BOS	$8.255M	2 years	$16.510M
Pysyk, Mark	CBJ	$3.200M	3 years	$9.600M
Cole, Ian	SJS	$2.725M	3 years	$8.175M
Raanta, Antti	TOR	$7.300M	1 years	$7.300M
Rutta, Jan	NJD	$1.895M	3 years	$5.685M
Foligno, Nick	CBJ	$2.645M	2 years	$5.290M
Anisimov, Artem	MTL	$1.615M	3 years	$4.845M
Hyman, Zach	DAL	$2.370M	2 years	$4.740M
Ouellet, Xavier	ARI	$1.555M	3 years	$4.665M
Sbisa, Luca	MTL	$2.260M	2 years	$4.520M
Oleksiak, Jamie	NJD	$2.195M	2 years	$4.390M
Niskanen, Matt	CAR	$2.100M	2 years	$4.200M
Sheahan, Riley	COL	$2.100M	2 years	$4.200M
Sulak, Libor	CBJ	$2.030M	2 years	$4.060M
Eakin, Cody	LAK	$2.025M	2 years	$4.050M
Stephenson, Chandler	SJS	$1.975M	2 years	$3.950M
Khudobin, Anton	SJS	$1.835M	2 years	$3.670M
Pitlick, Tyler	MIN	$1.765M	2 years	$3.530M
Hutton, Carter	MTL	$1.755M	2 years	$3.510M
Miller, Ryan	DET	$1.755M	2 years	$3.510M
Kuemper, Darcy	ANA	$1.750M	2 years	$3.500M
Del Zotto, Michael	ARI	$1.140M	3 years	$3.420M
Mrazek, Petr	ANA	$1.680M	2 years	$3.360M
Aston-Reese, Zach	CHI	$1.665M	2 years	$3.330M
Pageau, Jean-Gabriel	COL	$1.555M	2 years	$3.110M
Ward, Cam	OTT	$1.540M	2 years	$3.080M
Foligno, Marcus	ANA	$1.490M	2 years	$2.980M
Staal, Eric	CBJ	$2.900M	1 years	$2.900M
Kruger, Marcus	NJD	$1.390M	2 years	$2.780M
Marleau, Patrick	ANA	$2.625M	1 years	$2.625M
Hagelin, Carl	MTL	$1.310M	2 years	$2.620M
Williams, Justin	TOR	$2.470M	1 years	$2.470M
Pouliot, Benoit	ANA	$1.205M	2 years	$2.410M
Ullmark, Linus	CHI	$1.200M	2 years	$2.400M
Olund, Linus	PIT	$1.180M	2 years	$2.360M
DeSmith, Casey	WSH	$1.100M	2 years	$2.200M
Talbot, Cam	SJS	$2.155M	1 years	$2.155M
Korpisalo, Joonas	ARI	$2.085M	1 years	$2.085M
Lowry, Adam	NYI	$2.030M	1 years	$2.030M
Nelson, Brock	PHI	$1.995M	1 years	$1.995M
Wilson, Colin	MTL	$0.995M	2 years	$1.990M
Andrighetto, Sven	WSH	$0.975M	2 years	$1.950M
Barberio, Mark	SJS	$0.965M	2 years	$1.930M
Kinkaid, Keith	EDM	$1.925M	1 years	$1.925M
Reimer, James	MIN	$1.915M	1 years	$1.915M
Nash, Riley	BUF	$1.910M	1 years	$1.910M
Maroon, Patrick	CHI	$1.880M	1 years	$1.880M
Bozak, Tyler	CHI	$1.860M	1 years	$1.860M
Coleman, Blake	WPG	$1.810M	1 years	$1.810M
Donskoi, Joonas	NYI	$1.740M	1 years	$1.740M
Bernier, Jonathan	DET	$1.695M	1 years	$1.695M
Jaskin, Dmitrij	PHI	$1.690M	1 years	$1.690M
Anderson, Craig	BUF	$1.655M	1 years	$1.655M
Vatrano, Frank	CHI	$1.615M	1 years	$1.615M
Darling, Scott	ANA	$1.600M	1 years	$1.600M
Laughton, Scott	COL	$1.555M	1 years	$1.555M
Grabner, Michael	NJD	$1.530M	1 years	$1.530M
Campbell, Jack	NYR	$1.525M	1 years	$1.525M
Dubnyk, Devan	EDM	$1.515M	1 years	$1.515M
Ritchie, Brett	MTL	$1.515M	1 years	$1.515M
Johnson, Chad	TOR	$1.465M	1 years	$1.465M
Greiss, Thomas	MIN	$1.415M	1 years	$1.415M
Manning, Brandon	NSH	$1.400M	1 years	$1.400M
Elie, Remi	BUF	$1.385M	1 years	$1.385M
Condon, Mike	TOR	$1.360M	1 years	$1.360M
Kassian, Zack	NYI	$1.325M	1 years	$1.325M
Cogliano, Andrew	PHI	$1.300M	1 years	$1.300M
Smith-Pelly, Devante	NJD	$1.300M	1 years	$1.300M
Larsson, Johan	CAR	$1.260M	1 years	$1.260M
Lewis, Trevor	MIN	$1.220M	1 years	$1.220M
Johns, Stephen	FLA	$1.200M	1 years	$1.200M
Chiarot, Ben	NSH	$1.160M	1 years	$1.160M
Sceviour, Colton	PIT	$1.155M	1 years	$1.155M
Girgensons, Zemgus	PHI	$1.135M	1 years	$1.135M
Clifford, Kyle	CGY	$1.125M	1 years	$1.125M
Hayes, Jimmy	NSH	$1.125M	1 years	$1.125M
Nosek, Tomas	PHI	$1.125M	1 years	$1.125M
Grant, Derek	NSH	$1.100M	1 years	$1.100M
Kerdiles, Nic	CAR	$1.100M	1 years	$1.100M
Kuhnhackl, Tom	ARI	$1.100M	1 years	$1.100M
Elliott, Brian	BUF	$1.080M	1 years	$1.080M
Gibbons, Brian	BOS	$1.070M	1 years	$1.070M
Paquette, Cedric	NJD	$1.055M	1 years	$1.055M
Irwin, Matt	FLA	$1.025M	1 years	$1.025M
Ryan, Derek	DAL	$1.020M	1 years	$1.020M
Sobotka, Vladimir	BUF	$0.995M	1 years	$0.995M
Martinook, Jordan	CAR	$0.990M	1 years	$0.990M
Morrow, Joe	STL	$0.980M	1 years	$0.980M
Lyubushkin, Ilya	FLA	$0.975M	1 years	$0.975M
Hartman, Ryan	NYI	$0.965M	1 years	$0.965M

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Date	Team 1	Team 1 Acquisitions	Team 2	Team 2 Acquisitions
2021-07-01	To BOS	M. Vlasic	To SJS	N. Okhotyuk, K. Osala, 2022 2nd
2021-07-06	To CHI	R. Lavoie, V. Abramov, 2022 2nd	To CBJ	M. Zuccarello, T. Bozak
2021-07-14	To CGY	J. Bouwmeester, 2022 4th, 2022 5th	To STL	2022 2nd
2021-07-16	To BOS	R. Strome, R. Bortuzzo, 2022 4th	To NJD	G. Brodie, 2022 4th
2021-07-26	To PHI	N. Anisimov, K. Simontaival, 2022 2nd	To WSH	W. Simmonds, M. Stone
2021-08-13	To PHI	L. Stanley, 2022 2nd	To WPG	A. Cogliano, 2022 2nd, 2022 2nd

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Lol, why did Toronto sign 3 goalies?

 

[Cypress]

Is fog of war on an expansion team extremely hard or about has difficult as fog of war on a team that already exists

Haven't tried, but probably it's off for the expansion draft. In my fantasy draft fog of war was off until after the draft was complete.

 

[n00bxQb]

Lol, why did Toronto sign 3 goalies?

Seems to happen every year. Bad AI

Montreal signed 3 backups the year before, traded 2 before the season started.

 

[Cor]

Seems to happen every year. Bad AI

Montreal signed 3 backups the year before, traded 2 before the season started.

I just noticed they gave Raanta 7.4M.

Do they not have Freddy still? How do they have the cap space for that

I've manually put in extensions for Matthews (10.5m), Marner (8.8M and Nylander (6.9M) because the Toronto AI always leaves no cap room to sign Marner, even despite usually signing Matthews for like 8M. So I just did their extensions myself

 

[n00bxQb]

I just noticed they gave Raanta 7.4M.

Do they not have Freddy still? How do they have the cap space for that

I've manually put in extensions for Matthews (10.5m), Marner (8.8M and Nylander (6.9M) because the Toronto AI always leaves no cap room to sign Marner, even despite usually signing Matthews for like 8M. So I just did their extensions myself

Freddy signed with the Islanders for 7 years x $6.4M

 

[Rempe73]

I know I've read about people having problems with having too many draft picks/too many unsigned players. Haven't experienced it myself as I've tried to avoid accumulating draft picks/unsigned players.

Can you load a previous save (prior to the draft, preferably before the trade deadline)?

Yea I tried to load a previous save, and it still wouldn’t work. I traded away draft picks, and nothing. I didn’t have many unsigned prospects, but I accumulated a lot of draft picks (something that I only do for my first franchise mode of the year).

 

[n00bxQb]

Continued from NHL 19 - Franchise Mode Thread

NHL 19 - Franchise Mode - Vancouver Canucks - 2021/2022 Season

October 4, 2021

The Vancouver Canucks made their final cuts yesterday, finalizing the 23-man roster they will enter the season with. Veteran forwards Antoine Roussel and Jay Beagle, each making $3M this year, cleared waivers and will join the Utica Comets.

21-year-old rookie defenseman Jett Woo made the final cut and is expected to be a depth defenseman for the club, although he may take on a larger role as the season moves forward.

The projected line up for the season opener against the Carolina Hurricanes is expected to be:

Horvat, Bo	Pettersson, Elias	Boeser, Brock
Baertschi, Sven	Sutter, Brandon	Jovanovski, Emanuel
Eriksson, Loui	Lind, Kole	Virtanen, Jake
Granlund, Markus	Gagner, Sam	Gaudette, Adam
Pouliot, Derrick		Juolevi, Olli
Hutton, Ben		Tanev, Christopher
Edler, Alexander		Stecher, Troy
	Demko, Thatcher
	Markstrom, Jacob

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Scratches: N. Goldobin, B. Gaunce, J. Woo

January 2, 2022

After several years of mediocrity, the Vancouver Canucks appear to have turned a corner this season, finishing the first half with a 22-13-6 record, the 10th best in the NHL. Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson currently rank #1 and #3 in scoring with 47 and 43 points respectively, forming a formidable top line with Bo Horvat (28 points in 30 games) that also sports the best +/- in the league with a +23 average.

Veterans Brandon Sutter and Sam Gagner are enjoying bounce back years, scoring 13 and 8 goals respectively so far this season after combining for just 6 goals last season. Sutter's linemate, Emanuel Jovanovski, is showing no signs of a sophomore slump with 12 goals and 27 points, good for a 24-goal, 54-point pace.

Demko is backstopping the Canucks with a career year to date with a 92.7 Sv% to go along with a 15-8-1 record.

Division rival Los Angeles has surprised everyone, jumping out to a huge lead in the Presidents' Trophy race with a 30-6-5 record through the first half while scoring the 2nd most goals and allowing the fewest in the league as the veteran-laden squad is proving they've still got it.

 

[ZedSe]

I need some advise from someone who knows better than me, I have a 21 yr old goalie in AHL who now sits at an 58 rating but has High Elite potential. His trade value is among the highest in my team so I'm wondering if he will ever reach his potential or if i should trade him this season? How big are the chances of him accually reaching his potential and how long can it take?

 

[OB5]

28th Cup in the storied Franchise History 2020-2021 season


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That is a lot of points in not a lot of games played

 

[kinger8998]

going to start a 32nd NHL franchise today, or do an oilers GM Mode with Chiarelli now officially out. i find myself always ruining GM Modes for myself so going to use this post to outline some rules I'm adding in.

- Player Morale will be on.
- Any F/D/G with an 83+ rating gets a L-NTC
|-> can't trade them to a bottom 10 team in league
- Any F/D/G with an 85+ rating gets a full NTC
|-> can't trade them unless they request a trade, would have to go to team above my place in standings...if i'm first, must be top 5 team in league...other instance would be if they cite the want for a bigger role, i could trade them to any team with a need for their services (ie: trading LW to a team with poor LW depth)
- Any F/D/G with an 88+ rating gets a NMC
|-> cannot be waived or traded.
- Can only sign 1 star free agent per season, along with 2 other depth signings, or 4 depth signings total without the star.
|-> cannot trade them in first year of deal, must offer atleast $0.250M but no more than $0.750M more than their asking price, be within 1 year of their ask
- No more than 5 Trade Deadline Trades
|-> will prevent me from overselling and having too many draft picks (too easy to draft high end talent), and also prevent me from being unrealistic
- If i have a player 33 years or above (83 OVR+), cannot trade them to teams unless they are currently holding a playoff spot/made playoffs last season (in case of summer trade)
|-> players at this age are pushing for NTC in deals and would only waive for teams that give them a chance to win.
- cannot have more than 12 draft picks in a season
|-> keeps me in check when selling

any others you can think of? totally opposed to the must accept proposed trades/no proposing trades, so wont be adding those.